NR2B subunit of the NMDA receptor in the basolateral amygdala is necessary for the acquisition of conditioned defeat in Syrian hamsters

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Day, Diane E ^a   Cooper, Matthew A ^b   Markham, Chris M ^a   Huhman, Kim L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioned fear; Defensive behaviors; Social defeat; Stress

Indexed keywords

IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRICETINAE; FEAR; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; PIPERIDINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 78049516638     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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